Recent Examples of stark from the Web

But the starkest, least apologetic case against straight white America—white America, period—came pretty much out of the blue, from a play written 55 years ago and staged by a company known mainly for producing Irish classics.

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Origin and Etymology of stark

Middle English, stiff, strong, from Old English stearc; akin to Old High German starc strong, Lithuanian starinti to stiffen — more at stare

Recent Examples of stark from the Web

The stats seem pretty stark: Women in rural areas in our survey are far less likely than their city sisters to describe themselves as beautiful (only 28 percent did, compared with 43 percent of women in urban areas).

But the contrast is stark between widespread indifference to another attempt by Abbas to resume U.S.-led negotiations with Israel on Palestinian statehood and the Palestinian public’s emotional show of support for the prisoners.

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